Examining two standard assumptions of ancestral reconstructions: Repeated loss of dichromatism in dabbling ducks (Anatini)

Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1636-1646

  Omland, Kevin E ^a,b,c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anas; Ancestral state reconstruction; Character evolution; Character mapping; Paraphyletic species; Phylogeny; Sexual dichromatism

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANAS SP.; AVES;

EID: 0030727017     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1997.tb01486.x     Document Type: Article

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